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Why does the HN headline here drop the original's important word: 'why'? Original (emphasis mine): >> Stanford Medicine study shows why mRNA-based COVID-19 vac
by metadope 10mo ago
Why does the HN headline here drop the original's important word: 'why'?
Original (emphasis mine):
>> Stanford Medicine study shows why mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines can cause myocarditis
Transcribed to an HN headline here:
>> Stanford Medicine study shows mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines can cause myocarditis
A significant difference, no?
Why?
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After reading the article at Stanford, the word I'd choose is 'how' as in 'how vaccines can cause myocarditis'.
- guywithahat 10mo agoI sort of thought that too; we've known it can cause myocarditis for years, it was the basis for people avoiding the mRNA vaccine (i.e. "clot shot"). Still though I'm happy to see people continuing to research this instead of just avoiding politically tense fields all-together
- estearum 10mo ago> it was the basis for people avoiding the mRNA vaccine (i.e. "clot shot") That's generous. There is no sane reading of data at any point in time netted out risk in this way. "Avoiding the clot shot" is a cultural statement, not a medical or scientific one.
- krapp 10mo agoHN automatically redacts what it considers unnecessary words from titles. It doesn't inform you that it's doing so, you're expected to notice and edit the post again if the change is unwarranted. Most people don't, because most people aren't even aware that this "feature" exists.